What Toronto turned down for Halladay

[A.E]

I know we at least used to have a big group of Jays' faithful here....I know I found this interesting. It's a long-ass article, I won't post it all but what its talking about are the other teams and other offers that came across the Jays' phone lines.

According to sources, the most competitive offers for Halladay came from clubs he was ultimately unwilling to go to – the Chisox, Cubs and Dodgers. Heading to the meetings, Anthopoulos had not asked for a list of teams to which his ace would accept a trade. He could then honestly approach everyone and find out what they had to offer without feeling he was leading them on.

Sure, there were clues of what Doc wanted, like when it was reported he would only go to teams that trained on Florida's west coast. But in the final analysis, the real list came down to Philly, Boston and the Yankees. If the Angels had also been an acceptable destination it would have been for a one-year stint which would have diminished the return package the Halos could put together.

Culled from major-league sources, here is a list of some of the real offers against which the Phillies were ultimately competing:

The Angels offered lefty Joe Saunders and catcher Mike Napoli, a low-ball, short-term bandage.

The Yankees offered catcher Jesus Montero – that's it, that's all. Dealing within the division one-for-one for the greatest player in franchise history would be a fan disaster.

The Red Sox, who left behind a nice multi-player offer in the summer, were now not even willing to make a one-for-one with Clay Buchholz. They were saving their financial bullets for one stud hitter, John Lackey, and/or Aroldis Chapman.

The one reported deal within the AL East that would have made sense was with the Rays, for young starter Wade Davis and centre fielder B.J. Upton.

Unfortunately, according to sources, that offer was never made.

However, it was reported confidently in the media and became the gold standard that clubs had to match to stay in the game. It served Anthopoulos well as the ground-floor for discussions.

A pair of deuces was all Anthopoulos held, but he parlayed that into a deep pool of young talent on the verge, maybe by 2011.

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The fact that Brian Cashman was willing to give up Jesus Montero is huge. I know Roy Halladay is Roy Halladay but Montero is like the sure-fire successor to Jorge Posada. Montero has been a top MLB prospect for the past couple of seasons and he has the potential to be one of the greatest hitters of his generation. As happy as I would of been to land Halladay, I would of rather taken a bunch in the balls over trading away our bright future behind the dish.

 

[snipezo]

I'm just glad that he didn't get traded to an AL East team lol.

 

[Rios15]

I wouldn't mind the Rays trade if it was true, I love BJ Upton.